THE RUBRIC FOR YOUR MISSION!

Step #1

Decide whether you want to use the Declaration, Bill of Rights, or the Constitution for your project.

Write it down on a piece of paper and give it to your teacher.

Once the teacher has received everyone's preferences, you will be given your group and the document which you will collaborate on to do the assignment.

In your groups divide up who answers what question and the roles of each group member so that it is about equal in work.

Once you have done this, tell the teacher who has what roles, and then the teacher will tell you if you may begin your project.

Step #2

1. Watch the video on the home page and take notes on it.2. Look at the timeline below to help you with your assignment. You can either print it out or access it as is. [If you print it out you can write ideas on the paper]

Step #5

The Content that should be in your paper is as follows:Write a 2-3 page reflection on the project.

2 paragraphs on what you learned about the founding fathers and the events that influenced them.

2-3 paragraphs on what you discovered is in the documents (Constitution/Declaration) that are directly correlated with the historical events and founding father's experiences. You need explain how the history and the documents are correlated and show the founding father's thoughts about the historical events.

1-2 paragraphs explaining why this is important to the rights of American citizens.

Submit your 2-3 page paper. You will upload this and your presentation as well, make certain when you do you click on the 'Finish My Quest' button AFTER reading Step #5. To receive full credit Step #5 is vital for both presentation and essay!

Housekeeping on writing:

Do NOT use first person or second person ("I" or "you") when writing your reflection. Instead use words such as "they."

When citing it is preferred that you use the MLA or Chicago/Turabian format.

When reading these documents make certain that you keep an open mind and that you try your best to stay objective. The best way to do this is to ask yourself when reading the documents "Why did they write this?" OR "If I were Ben Franklin and I wrote this, what events and circumstances did he go through that would have caused me to phrase it the way he has?"

Need more resources for your project?You can use some of the links and videos I have provided you under the process tab. There is a direct link to the other links if you scroll up toward step one Click "More Resources" and it will take you there! Make certain that you cite using MLA or Chicago/Turabian format!

Step #6

You are almost done now, you should be ready to complete your mission and file your detective exit form. BUT before you can do that you need to know three things!

You are now capable and knowledgeable enough to persuade, argue, and have a thorough conversation with many people and spread the awesome facts that you have learned. Believe it or not there are many people who don't know how to do what you have nor do they know more than one reason why the founding fathers wrote what they did!

Before you can complete your mission you NEED to have ONE person from the group finish the last two forms on the "Conclusion" tab, there is a link below that they should click to complete it. They need to put in their name and then on the second form list ALL of the group member in the text box and explain what your group wrote in one paragraph.

You need to make sure that you have every group members name on both the presentation and the essay!